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Boston,  March  18„  1885. 

To  the  Honorable  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 

of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  : 


The  undersigned  respectfully  remonstrate  against  the  passage  of  any  act  fixing 
by  law  a limit  of  time  for  the  payment  of  wages,  believing  all  such  legislation  to  be 
inexpedient  in  theory,  partial  in  its  application,  wasteful  in  practice,  of  doubtful  consti- 
tutionality, and  calculated  to  permanently  damage  the  interests  of  all  concerned. 

(Signed,) 


J.  C.  BIRDSEYE,  Treasurer , Tremont  and  Suffolk  Mills,  Lowell. 

JACOB  ROGERS,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Gas-Light  Co.,  Lowell. 

S.  S.  GOULD,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Card  Co.,  Lowell 

GEORGE  ATKINSON,  Treasurer,  Massachusetts  Cotton  Mills,  Lowell. 

L.  M.  SARGENT,  Treasurer,  Lawrence  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell 

CHARLES  H.  DALTON,  Treasurer,  Merrimack  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell. 

A.  T.  ATHERTON,  Treasurer,  Whitehead  & Atherton  Machine  Co.,  Lowell. 

H.  C.  PERHAM,  Treasurer,  Kitson  Machine  Co.,  Loavell 


JAMES  FRANCIS,  Agent,  Proprietors  of  the  Locks  and  Canals  on 


PlE,!E'MACK  Rl™“’  • Lowell. 

BENJ.  F.  SHAW,  for  Shaw  Stocking  Co.,  Lowell 

E.  LAMSON,  President,  Coburn  Shuttle  Co.,  Lowell 

J.  B.  MELVIN,  for  Lowell  Spool  and  Bobbin  Co.,  Lowell. 

JACOB  NICHOLS,  Treasurer,  Cutter  & Walker  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell. 

H-  M.  THOMPSON,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Felting  Mills,  Lowell. 

E.  S.  HYLAN,  Treasurer,  New  England  Bunting  Co.,  Lowell. 

JAMES  A.  DUPEE,  Treasurer,  Hamilton  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell 

EZRA  FARNSWORTH,  Treasurer,  Belvidere  Woollen  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell. 

J.  C.  HOYT,  for  Lowell  Faucet  Co.,  Lowell 

W.  F.  SALMON,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Hosiery  Co.,  Lowell 

JAMES  A.  DUPEE,  Treasurer,  Appleton  Company,  Lowell 

G.  Z.  SILSBEE,  Treasurer,  Middlesex  Company,  Lowell 

BENJAMIN  PHIPPS,  Treasurer,  Sterling  Mills,  Lowell 


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AUGUSTUS  LOWELL,  Treasurer , Boott  Cotton  Mills, 
ROBERT  II.  STEVENSON,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Machine  Shop, 
JAMES  G.  BUTTRICK,  Treasurer,  Thorndike  Mfg.  Co., 

S.  G.  SNELLING,  Treasurer,  Lowell  Bleaciiert, 

HENRY  S.  SHAW,  Treasurer,  Pemberton  Co., 

J.  H.  SAFFORD,  for  Briggs  & Allan  Mfg.  Co., 

JAMES  S.  MUNROE,  Manager,  Munroe  Felt  and  Paper  Co., 
C.  J.  RUSSELL  HUMPHREYS,  Agent,  Lawrence  Gas  Co., 
LUKE  S.  MILLS,  Treasurer,  Lawrence  Line  Co., 

C.  S.  MAYO,  Agent,  Merrimack  Paper  Co., 

A.  W.  STEARN  S,  Treasurer,  Wright  Mfg.  Co., 

EUGENE  H.  SAMPSON,  Treasurer,  Everett  Mills, 

HENRY  SALTONSTALL,  Treasurer,  Pacific  Mills, 

WILLIAM  GRAY,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Atlantic  Cotton  Mills, 
JOHN  J.  CURRIER,  Treasurer,  Bailey  Hat  Co., 

D.  D.  TILTON,  Superintendent,  Newburyport  Gas  Co., 
EDWARD  F.  COFFIN,  Treasurer,  Chrolithion  Mfg.  Co., 
WILLIAM  GRAY,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Ocean  Mills  Co., 

LOUIS  ROBESON,  Treasurer,  Peabody  Mills, 

EDWARD  F.  COFFIN,  President,  Chrolithion  Novelty  Co., 
CARR,  BROWN,  & CO., 


THOMAS  E.  CUTTER,  T,  easurer,  Merrimac  Hat  Co., 

JOSHUA  BALLARD,  Treasurer,  Hamilton  Woollen  Co., 

CHARLES  S.  ROGERS,  Treasurer,  Rockport  Granite  Co., 

F.  SCRIPTURE,  Treasurer,  Pigeon  Hill  Granite  Co., 

MARSHALL  N.  RICE,  Superintendent,  Gloucester  Net  and  Twine  Co., 
H.  D.  SULLIVAN,  Treasurer,  Naumkeag  Steam  Cotton  Co., 

HORACE  H.  TYER,  President,  Tyer  Rubber  Co., 

G.  II.  TORR,  Treasurer,  Smith  & Dove  Mfg.  Co., 

J.  F.  M ANYTH  LD,  Treasurer,  IIiscox  File  Mfg.  Co., 

E.  D.  BEARCE,  Agent,  Chelmsford  Foundry  Co., 

FRANCIS  CABOT,  Treasurer,  Fisher  Mfg.  Co., 

I).  N.  NEWTON,  Treasurer,  Athol  Machine  Co., 

S.  L.  WILEY,  President,  Atiiol  Water  Co.,  a 

S.  L.  WILEY,  President,  Miller’s  River  Gas-Light  Co.,  > 

S.  L.  WILEY,  President,  Atiiol  Piping  Co.,  ) 

THOMAS  II.  GOODSPEED,  Manager,  Athol  Silk  Co., 

WILLIAM  B.  FENNER,  Treasurer,  Ayer  Furniture  Co., 

A.  O.  FAY,  President,  American  Powder  Mills, 


Lowell. 

Lowell. 

Lowell. 

Lowell. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Lawrence. 

Newburyport. 

• Newburyport. 
Newburyport. 
Newburyport. 
Newbury  port. 
Newburyport. 
Newburyport. 
Amesbury. 
Amesbury. 

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Rockport. 

Rockport. 

Gloucester. 

Salem. 

Andover. 

Andover. 

West  Chelmsford. 
No.  Chelmsford. 
Grafton. 

Athol. 


Athol. 


Athol. 

Ayer. 

Acton. 


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A.  THOMPSON,  Treasurer , Woburn  Gas-Light  Co., 

WALKER  BROTHERS,  Agents*  Danvers  Bleachery,  Victoria  Mills, 

D.  R.  PORTER,  President , 

W.  H.  MURRAY,  Manager , 

GEORGE  B.  NEAL,  Treasurer , Charlestown  Gas  Co., 

CHARLES  E.  THAYER,  President , Boston  Dyewood  and  Chemical  Co., 

C.  H.  W.  FOSTER,  Superintendent,  Boston  Sugar  Refining  Co., 

GILMAN  JOSLIN,  President,  Atlantic  Works, 

WILLIAM  S.  EATON,  Treasurer,  National  Tube  Works  Co., 

N.  M.  JEWETT,  Treasurer,  Glendon  Company, 

F.  A.  LOCKWOOD,  Treasurer,  Lockwood  Mfg.  Co., 

WILLIAM  L.  BRADLEY,  President,  Bradley  Fertilizer  Co., 

ASA  SIIIVERICK,  Manager,  Pacific  Guano  Co., 

WILLIAM  S.  EATON,  Jr.,  President,  Boston  Blower  Co., 

AARON  SARGENT,  Clerk,' Bay  State  Brick  Co., 

W.  CABLE,  President,  Cable  Rubber  Co., 

GEORGE  D.  BURTON,  Treasurer,  Burton  Stock-Car  Co., 

J.  W.  WOODBURY,  Treasurer,  Chas.  W.  Copeland  Mfg.  Co., 

W.  W.  GREENOUGH,  Treasurer,  Boston  Gas-Light  Co., 

C.  H PLIMPTON,  Treasurer,  Downer  Kerosene-Oil  Co., 

W.  W.  WHITMARSH,  Treasurer,  Putnam  Nail  Co., 

P>.  C.  CLARK,  Treasurer,  Pearson  Cordage  Co., 

EDWIN  WALDEN,  President,  Boston,  Revere  Beach,  & Lynn  R.R.  Co., 
C.  M.  CLAPP,  President,  ./Etna  Rubber  Mills, 

1 W.  J.  PAINE,  Manager,  New  England  Wiring  Co., 

SAMUEL  SHAW,  Treasurer,  Murdock  Parlor  Grate  Co., 

S.  A.  WOODS,  President,  S.  A.  Woods  Machine  Co., 

J.  R.  KENDRICK,  General  Manager,  Old  Colony  R.R.  Co., 

JAMES  T.  FURBER,  General  Manager,  Boston  and  Maine  R.R.  Co., 
GEORGE  T.  HILL,  Treasurer,  Peet  Valve  Co., 

LEVI  L WILLCUTT,  President,  New  England  Felt  Roofing  Co., 
WILLIAM  F.  DAY,  President, 

FREDERICK  DAVIS,  Treasurer, 

W.  T.  NEWTON,  Treasurer,  American  Shoe-Tip  Co., 

II.  II.  MARSHALL,  Superintendent,  Boston,  Barre,  & Gardner  R.R.  Co., 
EDWARD  II.  RYDER,  Treasurer,  Union  Stone  Co., 

HARTLEY  AVERILL,  Treasurer,  Hope  Collar  Co., 


Sew  all  & Day  Cordage  Co., 


’Note. — Mr.  Paine  says:  “We  have  adopted  the  system  of  weekly  payments,  but 
cidedly,  to  being  compelled  to  adopt  any  particular  policy  in  this  or  other  matters.” 


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Woburn. 

Peabody. 

Revere. 

Charlestown. 

East  Boston. 

East  Boston. 

East  Boston. 

East  Boston. 

East  Boston. 

East  Boston. 

Boston  . 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Jamaica  Plain. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Neponset. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

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SHEPARD  D.  GILBERT,  Treasurer,  National  Glass  Screw  Co., 
ISAAC  P.  T.  ED.MAXDS,  Treasurer,  » Belt]ng  Co„ 

JAMES  B.  FORSYTII,  Manager,  S 

H.  P.  KNIGHT,  President,  Russell  Trimmer  Co., 

ANDREW  J.  WARD,  Treasurer,  N.  Ward  Company, 

GEORGE  F.  FABYAN,  Treasurer,  Otis  Company, 

GEORGE  F.  FABYAN,  Treasurer,  Boston  Duck  Co., 

GEORGE  F.  FABYAN,  Treasurer,  Warren  Cotton  Mills, 

PEDER  OLSEN,  Treasurer,  Thorndike  Co., 

PEDER  OLSEN,  Treasurer,  Cordis  Mills, 

C.  M.  WELD  , Treasurer,  Newton  Mills, 

C.  D.  WAIN  WEIGHT,  President,  ) „r 

WILLIAM  I.  PARKER,  Treasurer,  5 

A.  C.  BROOKS,  Agent,  Boston  Woven  Hose  Co., 

FRANK  E.  SIMPSON,  Treasurer,  Roxbury  Carpet  Co. 

J.  J.  WALWORTH,  President,  Walworth  Mfg.  Co., 

WILLIAM  L).  HUNT,  Superintendent,  American  Rubber  Co., 
ALEXANDER  COCHRANE,  Treasurer,  Cochrane  Chemical  Co., 
HENRY  MASON,  Treasurer,  Mason  & Hamlin  Organ  and  Piano  Co., 
ALBERT  S.  PARSONS,  Treasurer,  Cambridgeport  Diary  Co., 

R.  ELA,  Agent,  Standard  Turning  Works, 

SAMUEL  A.  FOWLE,  Arlington  Drug  and  Dye  wood  Mills, 

E.  C.  PINNEY,  Treasurer,  Allston  Steel  Wheel  Co., 

W.  A.  EVANS,  Agent,  Faulkner  Mfg.  Co., 

A.  H.  BRAINARI),  Superintendent,  Brainard  Milling  Machine  Co., 


CHARLES  F.  BATES,  Charles  F.  Bates  Mfg.  Co., 

II.  E.  SHELDON,  General  Agent,  Granite  Railway  Co., 
WILLIAM  FEARING,  2d,  Treasurer,  IIingham  Cordage  Co.,  ' 

J.  M.  SEAVER,  President,  Standard  Fertilizer  Co., 

SAMUEL  P.  GATES,  Treasurer,  Eagle  Cotton-Gin  Co., 
ROGERS  & SHELDON,  Proprietors , East  Bridgewater  Iron  Co., 
J.  II.  PARKS,  Treasurer,  Central  Mfg.  Co., 

C.  C.  HARLOW  , Treasurer,  Harlow  Lubricator  Co., 

JENKINS  MFG.  CO.,  by  S.  F.  JENKINS, 

JAMES  MILLER,  Treasurer,  Robinson  Iron  Co., 


SAMUEL  LORING, 

L.  C.  KING,  Superintendent,  Russell  Mills, 

HENRY  F.  SMITH,  Agent,  Standish  Mills, 

R.  S.  DOUGLASS,  Agent,  Plymouth  Woollen  Co., 


Boston. 

Boston. 


Boston. 

Boston. 

Ware. 

Bond’s  Village. 
West  Warren. 
Thorndike. 
Millbury. 
Newton. 

Boston. 


Boston. 

Boston. 

South  Boston. 
East  Cambridge. 
East  Cambridge. 
Cambridgeport. 
Cambridgeport. 
Cambridgeport. 
Arlington. 
Allston. 

No.  Billerica. 
Hyde  Park. 
Wollaston. 
Quincy. 

Hingham. 

South  Duxbury. 
Bridgewater. 

East  Bridgewater. 
Boston. 

Brockton. 

East  Braintree. 

Plymouth. 

Plymouth. 

Plymouth. 

Plymouth. 

Plymouth. 


HORACE  LORING,  Treasurer , c Plymouth  Woollen  and  Cotton  ) 
EDWARD  B.  HAYDEN,  Agent,}  Factory,  5 

HORACE  P.  TOBEY,  Treasurer , Tremont  Nail  Co., 

I.  T.  JONES,  Agent , Sandwich  Tack  Co., 

HENRY  F.  SPURR,  General  Manager,  Boston  and  Sandwich  Glass  Co., 
JOHN  P.  HENRY,  "Treasurer,  Crystal  Spring  Bleaching  and  Dyeing  Co., 
EDWARD  S.  TABER,  President , Morse  Twist  Drill  and  Machine  Co., 

J.  AY.  MACOMBER,  Agent,  New  Bedford  Cordage  Co., 

WM.  D.  HOWLAND,  Treasurer,  New  Bedford  Mfg.  Co., 

ROBERT  SNOW,  Treasurer,  On  eke  Mills, 

OTIS  N.  PIERCE,  Treasurer,  Grinnell  Mfg.  Corporation, 

EDMUND  GRINNELL,  President,  Clark’s  Cove  Guano  Co., 

ANDREW  G.  PIERCE,  Treasurer,  Wamsutta  Mills, 

ALEXANDER  H.  SEABURY,  Treasurer,  Pairpoint  Mfg.  Co., 
ALEXANDER  II.  SEABURY,  Treasurer,  Mount  Washington  Glass  Co., 

C.  D.  HUNT,  Manager,  American  Tack  Co., 

SPENCER  BORDEN,  Treasurer.  Fall  River  Bleaciiery, 

E.  L.  ANTHONY,  Treasurer,  Border  City  Mfg.  Co., 

WILLIAM  LINDSEY,  Treasurer,  Wettamoe  Mills, 

H.  N.  DURFE  E,  Treasurer,  Mechanics’  Mills, 

C.  E.  LINDSEY,  Treasurer,  Conanicut  Mills, 

CHARLES  M.  SLADE,  Treasurer,  Davol  Mills, 

HEZEKIAH  A.  BRAYTON,  Treasurer,  Sagamore  Mfg.  Co., 

JAMES  WARING,  Treasurer,  Narragansett  Mills, 

JAMES  WARING, 

A.  S.  COVEL,  Treasurer,  Crescent  Mills, 

JOSEPH  A.  BAKER,  Treasurer,  Chace  Mills, 

ABBOTT  E.  SLADE,  Treasurer , Laurel  Lake  Mills, 

JOSEPH  IIEALY,  Treasurer,  Osborn  Mills,  ^ 

JOSEPH  HEALY,  Treasurer,  Fall  River  Merino  Co.,  5 
NATHANIEL  B.  BORDEN,  Treasurer,  Barnard  Mfg.  Co., 

ARNOLD  B.  SANFORD,  Treasurer,  Globe  Yarn  Mills, 

WALTER  C.  DURFEE,  Treasurer,  Wampanoag  Mills, 

D.  H.  DYER,  Treasurer,  Quequeciian  Mills, 

P.  D.  BORDEN,  Treasurer,  American  Linen  Co., 

THOMAS  J.  BORDEN,  Treasurer,  American  Printing  Co., 


Plymouth. 

West  Wareham 
Sandwich. 
Sandwich. 
Freetown. 

New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 
New  Bedford. 

New  Bedford. 

Fairhaven. 

Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River-. 
Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 


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1 S.  B.  CIIASE,  Treasurer , Merchants’  Mfg.  Co., 

GEORGE  A.  CHACE,  Treasurer,  Bourne  Mills, 

R.  B.  BORDEN,  Treasurer,  Richard  Borden  Mfg.  Co.,  s 

R.  B.  BORDEN,  Treasurer , Troy  Cotton  and  Woollen  Mfg.  Co.,  5 

S.  B.  CIIASE,  Treasurer,  King  Philip  Mills, 

S.  B.  ASHLEY,  Treasurer,  Barnaby  Mfg.  Co. 

2 WILLIAM  S.  POTTER,  Treasurer,  Flint  Mills, 

B.  I).  DA  VOL,  Treasurer,  Pocasset  Mfg.  Co., 

W ILLIAM  Z.  W IIITMARSH,  Treasurer,  Dighton  Stove-Lining  Co., 
WILLIAM  II.  PHILLIPS,  Treasurer,  Taunton  Iron  Works  Co., 
CHARLES  F.  JOHNSON,  Treasurer,  Taunton  Brick  Co., 

THOMAS  J.  LOTHROP,  Treasurer,  Taunton  Tack  Co., 

FREDERICK  MASON,  President,  Mason  Machine  Works, 

H.  F.  BASSETT,  Treasurer,  Taunton  Copper  Mfg.  Co., 

HENRY  B.  LEACH,  Treasurer,  Taunton  Gas-I  mght  Co., 

GEORGE  E.  WILBUR,  for  Weir  Stove  Co., 

P.  I.  PERRIN,  Agent,  Taunton  Locomotive  Mfg.  Co., 

N.  B.  DEAN,  Treasurer,  Albert  Field  Tack  Co., 

G.  A.  LINCOLN,  Treasurer,  Union  Stove-Lining  Co., 

B.  C.  PEIRCE,  Treasurer,  Presbrey  Stove-Lining  Co., 

O.  A.  WASHBURN,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Old  Colony  Iron  Co., 

EDWARD  B.  MALTBY,  Treasurer,  Coiiannet  Mills, 

JOHN  C.  SHARP,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Canoe  River  Mills, 

HENRY  D.  ATWOOD,  Treasurer,  Phcenix  Mfg.  Corpoi  I AT  I ON, 

P.  T.  CREED,  Agent,  Park  Mills, 

F.  B.  DEAN,  Treasurer,  Eagle  Cotton  Co., 

J.  LASELL,  Treasurer,  The  Whitin  Machine  Works, 

E.  G.  CARLTON,  Agent,  Rochdale  Mills, 

OAKES  A.  AMES,  President,  Oliver  Ames’  Sons  Corporation, 

DA\ID  MASON  LITTLE,  Treasurer,  Canton  Paint  and  Oil  Co., 

C.  L.  HARDING,  President,  Merchants’  Woollen  Co., 

ED V ARD  F.  PORTER,  President,  Porter  Needle  Co., 

L.  B.  PORTER,  Porter  & Co., 

SAMUEL  SMITH,  Treasurer,  ./Etna  Mills, 


Fall  River. 
Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 

Fall  River. 

Fall  River.3 

Dighton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Taunton. 

Wiiitinsville. 

Rochdale. 

North  Easton, 

Canton. 

Dedham. 

Watertown. 

Watertown. 

Watertown. 


Non..  Mr.  Chase  says  : “ We  pay  weekly ; hut  we  are  very  much  opposed  to  any  legislation  in  the 
matter,  as  we  are  satisfied  that,  in  many  cases,  it  would  work  great  injustice.” 

Norn.  Mr.  Potter  says  : “ We  pay  once  a week,  and  like  it,  but  do  not  believe  in  compulsory  legis- 
lation on  the  subject.” 

Noxe.  I he  Fall  Liver  corporations  generally  pay  weekly,  but  are  opposed  to  compulsory  legislation 
upon  the  subject. 


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R.  E.  ROBIVINS,  Treasurer , American  Watcii  Co., 

ZENAS  PARMENTER,  Treasurer , Parmenter  Crayon  Co., 

EDMUND  DWIGHT,  Treasurer , Boston  Mfg.  Co., 

THOMAS  F.  PATTERSON,  Treasurer , Dudley  Hosiery  Mills, 

F.  J.  HALE,  for  Pettee  Machine  Works, 

GEORGE  F.  HALL,  T ' easurer , Nonantum  Worsted  Co., 

HENRY  W.  W ELLIN GTO N , Treasurer , Silver  Lake  Co., 

J.  P.  GREGORY,  Treasurer,  Union  Glass  Co., 

FRANK  E.  SIMPSON,  Treasurer,  Saxonville  Mills, 

ADRIAN  FOOTE,  Treasurer,  Warren  Thread  Co., 

KEELER  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

Z.  TALBOT,  Treasurer,  IIolliston  Mills, 

A.  H.  KIMBALL,  Treasurer,  "Walpole  Emery  Mills, 

W.  W.  JENCKES,  Superintendent  and  Paymaster,  M.F.P.P.R.  Co.,  ) 

W.  W.  JENCKES,  Superintendent  and  Paymaster,  Hop.  R.R.  Co.  5 
H.  N.  SLATER,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Slater  Woollen  Co.,  a 

H.  N.  SLATER,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  JI.  N.  Slater  Mfg.  Co.,  n 

H.  N.  SLATER,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Sutton  Mfg.  Co.,  ; 

HENRY  S.  SHAW,  Treasurer,  Stevens  Linen  Works, 

J.  H.  STICKNEY,  Treasurer,  Para  Rubber  Shoe  Co., 

PLUNKETT  WOOLLEN  CO., 

GODDARD  BROTHERS,  Agents,  Blackstone  Mfg.  Co., 

ROBERT  S.  GRIFFIN,  Treasurer,  Rice  & Griffin  Mfg.  Co., 

DAVID  W.  POND,  President,  Pond  Machine  Tool  Co., 

CHARLES  F.  "WASHBURN,  Vice-President,  Washburn  & Moen  Mfg.  Co., 
JOHN  S.  BRIGHAM,  Treasurer,  Logan,  Swift  & Brigham  Envelope  Co., 

F.  H.  MORGAN,  Treasurer,  Morgan  Spring  Co., 

JOHN  C.  OTIS,  Treasurer,  Union  Water-Meter  Co., 

W.  H.  SAWYER,  President,  Pentecost  Steam  Generating  Co., 

A.  W.  PARMELEE,  Treasurer,  Wire  Goods  Co., 

GEORGE  W.  FAIRFIELD,  Treasurer,  Taylor  & Farley  Organ  Co. 

G.  HENRY  "WHITCOMB,  Treasurer,  Whitcomb  Envelope  Co., 

] C.  M.  DYER,  President,  Glasgow  Thread  Co., 

GEORGE  S.  BARTON,  Treasurer,  Rice,  Barton,  & Fales  Machine  and 
Iron  Co., 

C.  J.  WHITMORE,  Treasurer,  Ames  Plow  Co  , 


IV  altham. 
Waltham. 
Waltham. 

Newton  Lo.  Falls 

Newton  Up.  Falls 

Newton. 

Newtonville. 

Somerville. 

Saxonville. 

Ashland. 

Needham. 

IIolliston. 

So.  "Walpole. 

Milford. 


Webster. 

f 

Webster. 

So.  Framingham. 

H INSDALE. 

Blackstone. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

Worcester. 

IV  ORCESTER. 


1 Note.  — Mr.  Dyer  says  : “ Believe  in  weekly  payments,  anrl  pay  weekly,  but  do  not  think  Legislature 
has  any  right  to  make  it  compulsory  with  any  or  all  manufacturers.” 


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1 L.  D.  THAYEIi,  Treasurer , L.  D.  Thayer  Mfg.  Co., 

J.  B.  WOODFORD,  Secretary,  Boring  & Blake  Organ  Co., 

JOHN  LEGG,  Agent,  Worcester  Woollen  Mill, 

ALEXANDER  BIGELOW,  Treasurer,  Hopeville  Mfg.  Co., 
FREDERICK  FOSDICK,  Treasurer,  Fitchburg  Steam-Engine  Co., 
ARTHUR  H.  LOWE,  Treasurer,  Parkhill  Mfg.  Co., 

JAMES  PHILLIPS,  Jil,  President,  Fitchburg  Worsted  Co.,  ) 

JAMES  PHILLIPS,  Jr.,  President,  Star  Worsted  Co.,  5 
ARTHUR  H.  LOW E,  Treasurer,  Steel  Horse-Collar  Co., 

J.  L.  CHAPMAN,  Superintendent  and  Treasurer,  Fitchburg  Machine 
Works, 


S.  W.  PUTNAM,  President,  Putnam  Tool  Co., 

H.  A.  COGGSHALL,  Treasurer,  Rollstone  Machine  Co.,  ) 

H.  A.  COGGSHALL,  Treasurer,  Fitchburg  Gas-Light  Co.,  ) 

JOHN  SIMONDS,  Treasurer,  Simonds  Mfg.  Co., 

GEORGE  H.  SPENCER,  Superintendent,  Walter  Heywood  Chair  Co., 

F.  J.  DUTCHER,  Treasurer,  Dutciier  Temple  Co., 

AVI  ELI  AM  F.  DRAPER,  Treasurer,  IIopedale  Machine  Co., 

AVILLIAAI  GRAY  , Jr.,  Treasurer,  Indian  Orchard  Mills, 

C.  L SWAN,  Treasurer,  ) ^ T TT 

WILLIAM  H.  GIBBS,  Manager,  ^ Gtbbs  Loom’  HaRNESS’  axd  Reed  Co-’ 
H.  N.  BIGELOW,  Treasurer,  Clinton  Gas-Light  Co., 

CHARLES  SWINSCOE,  Manager,  Clinton  Wire-Cloth  Co., 

C.  F.  FAIRBANKS,  Treasurer,  Bigelow  Carpet  Co., 

J.  R.  FROST,  Treasurer,  Clinton  Yarn  Co., 

HARCOURT  AMORY,  Treasurer,  Lancaster  Mills, 

J.  S.  BATCHELDER,  Treasurer,  Colby  Wringer  Co., 

K.  M.  GILMORE,  Superintendent,  Middlesex  Bleachery  and  Dye-Works, 
JOHN  BUTMAN,  Treasurer,  Lanesville  Granite  Co., 

FREDERICK  A.  SYKES,  Treasurer,  Agawam  Co., 

A.  PINNEY,  Superintendent,  Palmer  Carpet  Co., 

G.  W.  BOND,  Agent,  Florence  Tack  Co., 

II.  B.  HAVEN,  Treasurer,  Florence  Furniture  Co., 

HORACE  S.  CROWELL,  Treasurer,  Marlboro’  Gas-Light  Co., 

A.  T.  LILBY,  Treasurer,  Nonotuck  Silk  Co., 

T.  QUINCY  BROWNE,  Treasurer,  Assabet  Mfg.  Co., 

HUBBARD  WILSON,  President,  Cordaville  Woollen  Co., 


Worcester. 

Worcester. 

AVorcester. 

AVorcester. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg. 

IIopedale. 

Hopedale. 

Indian  Orchard. 

Clinton. 

Clinton. 

Clinton. 

Clinton. 

Clinton. 

Clinton. 

IIighlandville. 

Somerville. 

Lanesville. 

Agawam. 

Palmer. 

Florence. 

Flobexce. 

Marlboro’. 

Florence. 

Maynard. 

Cordaville. 


1 Note.  — Mr.  Thayer  says  : “We  pay  weekly ; but  we  don’t  believe  in  the  Legislature  trying  to  regu- 
late the  matter  by  statute.” 


9 


C.  S.  MANN,  Treasurer,  N.  E.  Awl  and  Needle  Co., 

ROBERT  L.  TAFT,  Treasurer,  Sheffield  China  Clay  Co., 

R.  SIJGDEN,  Treasurer,  Spencer  Wire  Co., 

A.  F.  BEMIS,  Treasurer,  Hills  Co., 

.GEORGE  W.  WHEELWRIGHT,  President,  G.  W.  Wheelwright 
Paper  Co., 

GEORGE  W.  WHEELWRIGHT,  President,  Page  Paper  Co., 

F.  A.  WHITNEY,  President,  F.  A.  Whitney  Carriage  Co., 

N.  HARWOOD,  for  Harwood  Mfg.  Co., 

W.  W.  MINING,  Treasurer,  Leominster  Furniture  Mfg.  Co., 

S.  M.  WIIEELOCK,  Treasurer,  Calumet  Woollen  Co., 

D.  D.  DANA,  Treasurer,  Douglas  Axe  Mfg.  Co., 

W.  G.  HARDING,  Ti  •easurer,  Berkshire  Glass  Co., 

W.  B.  PARKER,  Treasurer,  Mill  River  Button  Co., 

EDWARD  SMITH,  Treasurer,  Swift  River  Co., 

AY.  J.  BOWES,  Agent,  Lawrence  Felting  Co., 

W.  CHAPLIN  BEMIS,  Treasurer,  Bemis  & Call  Hardware  and  Tool 
W.  S.  BUXTON,  Treasurer,  Blair  Mfg.  Co., 

J.  MULLIGAN,  Tuperintendent , Connecticut  River  Railroad  Co., 
GEORGE  A.  DENISON,  President,  Chicopee  Folding-Box  Co., 

N.  AY.  FISK,  Treasurer,  Fisk  Mfg.  Co., 

NELSON  C.  NEWELL,  Treasurer,  Newell  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.,  ^ 
NELSON  C.  NEWELL,  Treasurer,  Dickinson  Hard  Rubber  Co.,  5 
1 MILTON  BRADLEY,  Treasurer,  Milton  Bradley  Co., 

H.  M.  F.  BISHOP,  Treasurer,  Hecla  Card  and  Paper  Co., 

V.  N.  TAYLOR,  Treasurer,  Taylor  & Tapley  Mfg.  Co., 

H.  M.  BREAVSTER,  Agent,  E.  Stebbins  Mfg.  Co., 

B.  D.  RISING,  Agawam  Paper  Co., 

GEORGE  C.  FISK,  President,  AY  a, son  Mfg.  Co.,  ) 

GEORGE  C.  FISK,  President,  Fisk  Mfg.  Co.,  5 
EDAATARD  AAr.  SEEGER,  Treasurer,  Springfield  Foundry  Co., 

T.  AY.  LEETE,  Agent  and  Treasurer,  Springfield  Pearl  Button  Co., 

E.  MORGAN,  President,  Morgan  Envelope  Co., 

GEORGE  S.  TAYLOR,  Agent  and  Treasurer,  Belcher  & Taylor 
Agricultural  Tool  Co., 

F.  O.  PAGE,  President,  Massachusetts  Arms  Co.,  ) 

F.  O.  PAGE,  President,  Lamb  Knitting-Machine  Mfg.  Co.,  ) 

1 Note.  — Mr.  Bradley  says  : “We  pay  once  in  two  weeks  up  to  within  two  days, 
compulsion  in  the  matter.” 


I 


AAtest  Medway. 
Clayton. 

Spencer. 

Amherst. 

> No.  Leominster. 

Leominster. 

Leominster. 

Leominster. 

Uxbridge. 

East  Douglas. 
Berkshire. 

Leeds. 

Enfield. 

Millville. 

Co.,  Springfield. 
Springfield. 
Springfield. 
Springfield. 
Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

AYest  Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 

Springfield. 
Chicopee  Falls. 


but  do  not  believe  in 


10 


GEORGE  H.  EDWARDS,  Secretary , Chicopee  Falls  Screw  Co., 

J.  H.  SAWYER,  Treasurer , Chicopee  Mfg.  Co., 

J.  AY.  CUMNOCK,  Agent,  Dwight  Mfg.  Co., 

LUTHER  WHITE,  Secretary , Ames  Mfg.  Co., 

F.  A.  BALL,  Treasurer , Lamson  & Goodnow  Mfg.  Co., 

AY.  II.  GOULD,  Treasurer,  Frankton  Mills, 

0.  A.  ARCHER,  Treasurer,  S.  Blackinton  Woollen  Co., 

C.  II.  SOUTHWORTH,  Treasurer,  Hampshire  Paper  Co., 

II.  P.  MALLORY,  Cleric,  Carew  Mfg.  Co., 

G.  AI.  ATAYATER,  Treasurer,  Glasgow  Company, 

JOSEPH  W.  GREEN,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Glendale  Co., 

JOSEPH  AY.  GREEN,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  Glendale  Elastic  Fabric  Co., 
II.  G.  KNIGHT,  "Treasurer , AYilliston  & Knight  Co., 

G.  II.  NEWMAN,  Treasurer,  Nashwannuck  Mfg.  Co., 

1.  II.  RUSSELL,  Agent,  AYilliston  AIills, 

HENRY  W.  CLAPP,  Treasurer,  Riverside  Lumber  Co., 

E.  F.  CROOKS,  Manager,  Belding  Brothers  Company, 


L.  B.  AVILLIAMS,  President,  AAtilliams  Mfg.  Co., 

CHARLES  E.  STEVENS,  Treasurer,  Crystal  Emery  Wheel  Co., 
WILLIAM  W.  LEE,  Treasurer,  Clement  Mfg.  Co., 

CI1AUNCEY  II.  PIERCE,  Treasurer,  Damon  Narrow  Fabric  Co., 
ROBERT  II.  COLE,  President,  American  Optical  Co., 

PLINY  T.  LITCHFIELD,  President,  Litchfield  Shuttle  Co., 

WILLIAM  C.  BARNES,  President,  Soutiibridge  Gas-Light  Co., 

C.  A.  DRESSER,  Treasurer,  Central  AIills  Co., 

EMORY  L.  BATES,  Treasurer,  Snell  Mfg.  Co., 

JAAIES  C.  FISK,  Treasurer , Fiskdale  AIills, 

R.  HOWLAND,  President,  Greenfield  Gas-Light  Co., 

GEORGE  R.  DICKENSON  PAPER  CO., 

AYILLIAAI  II.  HEY  WOOD,  Treasurer,  Nonotucic  Pater  Co., 

R.  AI.  FAIRFIELD,  Atty.  AArHiTiNG  Paper  Co., 

E.  C.  ROGERS,  Treasurer,  AIassasoit  Paper  Co., 

1 J.  II.  APPLETON,  Treasurer,  Riverside  Paper  Co., 

D.  II.  NEAVTON,  Vice-President,  Massachusetts  Screw  Co., 

GEORGE  F.  FOWLER,  President,  Hampton  Glazed  Paper  & Card  Co., 
GEORGE  N.  TYNER,  Treasurer,  Holyoke  Envelope  Co., 


Chicopee  Falls. 
Chicopee  Falls. 
Chicopee. 

Chicopee. 
Shelburne  Falls. 
Shelburne  Falls. 
Blackinton. 

So.  Hadley  Falls. 
So.  Hadley  Falls. 
So.  Hadley  Falls. 

Eastiiampton. 

Eastiiampton. 

Eastiiampton. 

Eastiiampton. 

Northampton. 

Northampton. 

Northampton. 

Northampton. 

Northampton. 

Northampton. 

Soutiibridge. 

Soutiibridge. 

SOUTHBRIDGE. 

Soutiibridge. 

Fiskdale. 

Fiskdale. 

Greenfield. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 


1 Note.  — Mr.  Appleton  says:  “We  always  advance  money  at  request  of  employes,  and  our  record 
shows  an  advance  of  25  per  cent,  of  our  pay-roll  before  pay-day  each  month,  and  so  we  accommodate  both 
classes,  — those  who  want  money  promptly,  as  well  as  the  larger  class , who  prefer  it  monthly.” 


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H.  DICKINSON,  Treasurer,  Union  Paper  Mfg.  Co., 

A.  W.  ESLEECK,  Treasurer,  Valley  Paper  Co., 

W.  A.  CHASE,  Treasurer,  IIolyoke  Water-Power  Co., 

GEORGE  E.  DUDLEY,  Treasurer,  Syms  & Dudley  Paper  Co., 

G.  B.  HOLBROOK,  Treasurer,  Beebe  & Holbrook  Co., 

CHARLES  P.  DEAN,  Treasurer,  Dean  Steam-Pomp  Co., 
THEOPHILUS  PARSONS,  Treasurer,  Lyman  Mills, 

O.  II.  GREEXLEAF,  President,  Holyoke  Paper  Co., 

MOSES  NEWTON,  Treasurer,  Chemical  Paper  Co., 

GEORGE  A.  CLARK,  Treasurer,  Newton  Paper  Co., 

H.  J.  FRINK,  Agent,  Holyoke  Machine  Co., 

W.  H.  WILKINSON  , Treasurer,  Springfield  Blanket  Co., 

JOS.  METCALF,  Treasurer,  Farr  Alpaca  Co., 

TIMOTHY  MERRICK,  Treasurer,  Merrick  Thread  Co., 

I.  L.  BURLINGAME,  'Treasurer,  Holyoke  Warp  Co., 

F.  D.  HEYWOOD,  Treasurer,  Whitmore  Mfg.  Co., 

L.  BUME,  Superintendent,  Germania  Mills, 

R.  L.  GODDARD,  Treasurer,  Palmer  Wire  Goods  Co., 

W.  II.  WHEELER,  Agent,  Wheeler  Cotton  Mills, 

J.  W.  'WHEELER,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  New  Home  Sewing  Ma- 

chine Co., 

J.  W.  WHEELER,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Orange  Iron  Foundry  Co., 

L.  KILBURN,  Treasurer,  Chase  Turbine  Mfg.  Co., 

II.  II.  WHITNEY,  President,  } , . ,, 

’ _ ’ > Orange  Furniture  Co., 

WARREN  M.  KING,  Treasurer,  S 

M.  VAN  DEUSEN,  Treasurer,  American  Whip  Co., 

A.  L.  BUSH,  Treasurer,  Vitrified  Wheel  Co., 

J.  E.  TAYLOR,  Treasurer,  Springdale  Paper  Co., 

P.  C.  SMITH,  Treasurer,  H.  B.  Smith  Co., 

J.  C.  BROOKS,  Treasurer,  Textile  Mfg.  Co., 

GEORGE  L.  WRIGHT,  Treasurer,  Worthy  Paper  Co., 

II.  W.  SOUTHWORTH,  Treasurer,  Southwortii  Company, 

A.  S.  CLARK,  Treasurer,  Clark  Machine  Co., 

GEORGE  E.  MARSHALL  , Treasurer,  Montague  Paper  Co., 
WILLARD  E.  EVERETT,  Treasurer,  Turner’s  Falls  Paper  Co., 

R.  N.  OAKMAN,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  John  Russell  Cutlery  Co., 
JOSEPH  GRISWOLD,  Treasurer,  Turner’s  Falls  Cotton  Mills, 

L.  J.  GUNN,  Treasurer,  Miller’s  Falls  Co., 

DANIEL  C.  ROGERS,  Treasurer,  Langdon  Mitre-Box  Co., 


Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Holyoke. 

Palmer. 

Millbury 


Orange. 


Orange. 


Orange. 


Orange. 
Westfield. 
Westfield. 
Westfield. 
Westfield. 
Mittineague. 
Mittineague. 
Turner’s  Falls. 
Turner’s  Falls. 
Turner’s  Falls. 
Turner’s  Falls. 
Turner’s  Falls. 
Miller’s  Falls. 
Miller’s  Falls. 


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3 0112  061411523 


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JOHN  M.  SEELY,  Treasurer , Monument  Mills, 

WM.  R.  PLUNKETT,  Treasurer , Pittsfield  Coal  and  Gas  Co., 

C.  E.  TERRY,  Manager,  Terry  Clock  Co., 

GEORGE  N.  DUTTON,  Treasurer,  Pittsfield  Tack  Co., 

J.  DWIGHT  FRANCIS,  Treasurer,  Pontoosuc  Woollen  Mfg.  Co., 
E.  B.  PENNIMAN,  Treasurer,  North  Adams  Mfg.  Co., 

1 A.  C.  HOUGHTON,  President, 

1 W.  A.  GALLUP,  Treasurer, 

J.  W.  ITARDERBERGH,  Asst.  Treasurer,  Johnson  Mfg.  Co., 

T.  A.  MOLE,  Treasurer,  L.  L.  Brown  Paper  Co., 

JAMES  C.  CHALMERS,  Treasurer,  Re  nfrew  Mfg.  Co., 

E.  S.  LYMAN,  Treasurer,  Glen  Pulp  & Paper  Co., 

PARLEY  A.  RUSSELL,  Treasurer,  Berkshire  Woollen  Co., 


j.  Arnold  Print  Works, 


DUNBAR,  HOBART  & WHIDDEN, 

HENRY  HOBART,  Treasurer,  Old  Colony  Rivet  Co., 
HENRY  S.  SHAW,  Treasurer,  Pemberton  Co., 

DAT  ID  NEYINS,  Treasurer,  Methuen  Co., 

ALEX.  COCHRANE,  Treasurer,  Cochrane  Chemical  Co., 
T.  S.  EDMANDS,  Treasurer,  Ipswich  Mills, 

BENJAMIN  PHIPPS,  Treasurer,  Clarendon  Mills, 
JOSHUA  BALLARD,  Treasurer,  Hamilton  Woollen  Co., 
ALEX.  COCHRANE,  'Treasurer,  Cochrane  Chemical  Co., 
B.  W . BOWEN,  Superintendent,  Weymouth  Iron  Co., 
GEORGE  DRAPER  & SONS, 


1 Note.  — We  pay  weekly,  but  don’t  believe  in  such  legislation. 


HoUS  ATONIC. 

Pittsfield. 

Pittsfield. 

Pittsfield. 

Pittsfield. 

No.  Adams. 

No.  Adams. 

*» 

North  Adams. 
Adams. 

Adams. 

IIoosac  Tunnel. 
Great  Barrington. 
So.  Abington. 
Kingston. 
Lawrence. 
Methuen. 

Malden. 

Ipswich. 

B est  Boylston. 

SoUTHBRIDGE. 

Everett. 

East  Weymouth. 
Hopedale. 


